SWEET! This sound really really cool. Good martial arts films set in the past just rock!

It's a kids book. Here's what Amazon.com has to say about it. Grade 5-9–Set in medieval China, each book in this series focuses on one of five young orphan monks. Each one is named after a specific animal and is learning a kung-fu-style martial art based on its characteristics. In the opening pages of Tiger and this sequel, their secret temple is attacked by a former student who is attempting to turn himself into a dragon. Their teacher, the Grandmaster, is killed and the five scatter into the forest. This sets up a tense plot that moves quickly from fight scene to fight scene with character and plot development being filled in between battles. Eleven-year-old Malao, the Monkey, is the youngest monk and is prone to giggling and avoiding baths. Initially uncertain without his brothers by his side, he is befriended by an albino macaque who is the leader of a troop of monkeys. Human/animal interaction is a central theme of both books as is the idea of the Chosen One or, in this case, Chosen Five. While both books begin at the same moment and then follow a separate character, their stories meet at points and the second book takes readers farther along in the narrative. Mysteries abound, with many left unresolved at the end. It is important to read this series in order. Stone has done a masterful job of managing an intricate plot, developing authentic characters, and writing well-described fight scenes. An easy and worthy sell to middle-grade readers.

Apparently it is a series of books, of which, this is the 2nd book. The 1st is "Tiger" and the 3rd is "Snake". Odd they would pick the 2nd book in the series to start with.

Isn't the lion the witch in the wardrobe the second book?

"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" was chronologically the second book of the Narnia series, but was the first one written. LW&W is still the best introduction to the Chronicles (both as book and movie), since the first book ("The Magician's Nephew") spoils much of the sense of wonder one gets from LW&W when the children first venture into Narnia.

The Magician's Nephew the 6th book written and it was as a prequel to LW&W to gear readers up for the 7th and undisputed last book, "The Last Battle"